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BBC says it will fight Trump lawsuit over edited speech
LONDON, Dec 16 (Reuters) – Britain’s British Broadcasting Corporation said on Tuesday it will fight a lawsuit filed by U.S. President Donald Trump over edited clips of a speech that […]
Netherlands will host International Claims Commission for Ukraine, minister says
THE HAGUE, Dec 16 (Reuters) – The Netherlands will be the home of an International Claims Commission for Ukraine, aimed at validating claims of war damages to be repaid at […]
UN envoy hopeful on Cyprus, says multi-party summit premature
NICOSIA, Dec 16 (Reuters) – The key U.N. envoy seeking to break a deadlock in Cyprus’s long-running division said she was cautiously optimistic about a breakthrough but that it would […]
Polish student detained over suspected Christmas market attack plot
WARSAW, Dec 16 (Reuters) – Polish security services have detained a student suspected of preparing a “mass attack” at a Christmas market, Jacek Dobrzynski, a spokesperson for Poland’s special services, […]
Thailand works to repatriate thousands stranded at Cambodia border crossing
BANGKOK, Dec 16 (Reuters) – Thailand is working out how to repatriate up to 6,000 citizens unable to return home through a major border crossing in Cambodia closed as fighting […]
Rwanda-backed M23 group says it will withdraw from seized Congo town after US request
Dec 16 (Reuters) – Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have said they would withdraw from the eastern Congo town of Uvira at the request of the U.S. administration, which had criticised seizure […]
Iraq’s dreams of wheat independence dashed by water crisis
NAJAF, Iraq, Dec 16 (Reuters) – Iraqi wheat farmer Ma’an al-Fatlawi has long depended on the nearby Euphrates River to feed his fields near the city of Najaf. But this […]
Trump sues the BBC for defamation over editing of January 6 speech
Dec 15 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump sued the BBC on Monday for defamation over edited clips of a speech that made it appear he directed supporters to storm the […]
Taiwan’s global credibility on the line with disputed laws, president says
TAIPEI, Dec 16 (Reuters) – Taiwan’s global credibility is on the line and parliament should withdraw a series of laws the government opposes, President Lai Ching-te said amid a deepening […]
Europe to launch international commission for Ukraine war damages
THE HAGUE, Dec 16 (Reuters) – European leaders including Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskiy meet in The Hague on Tuesday to launch an International Claims Commission to compensate Kyiv for hundreds of […]